Hedge-shears.



H. S. BALLANTINE.

HEDGE sumns.

APPLICATION FILED NOY. Z, 1909.

998,828, Patented July 25,1911.

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WLUMBIA PLANOURAPH 0-, WASHING HAMILTON SMITH BALLANTINE, OF GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

HEDGrE-SHEARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 2, 1909.

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Serial No. 525,908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAMILTON SMITH BALLANTINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Germantown, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Hedge-Shears; and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in hedge shears and has for its object to provide a simple and eiicient device of this character which is well adapted for the purposes intended.

`With this and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangel ment of parts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a pair of hedge shears embodying my improvements, with a portion of one of the teeth of the upper or stationary cutting blade broken away to show one of the teeth of the lower or movable cutting blade. F ig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on line 2 2 Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4t is a similar view taken on line 1r-4 of said ligure.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of the invention the numeral l indicates the iixed handle member and 2 the movable or pivoted handle member which is pivoted upon a bolt 3 to the outer end of the lateral arm 4 extending from the fixed handle member.

rlhe cutting part of the shears comprises a pair of corresponding tlat cuttingblades 5 and 6 respectively, each of which is provided in one end with a longitudinal bolt receiving slot 7 and in its opposite end a transverse bolt receiving aperture 8, and said shears are arranged in position with the slot of one blade in registration with the aperture of the other blade.

A bolt 9 whose head is at the top as seen in Fig. 2, passes downward through the fixed handle member 1, thence through a sleeve 13 which is as long as the thickness of the two blades 5 and 6 and stands in the aperture 8 of one and the slot 7 of the other, and receives a nut 14 at its lower end which when set up tight against the sleeve will permit the lower blade to move between it and the upper blade 5. In similar manner another bolt 10 passes through the movable handle member 2, thence through a sleeve 13 which is as long as the thickness of the two blades 5 and 6 and stands in the slot 7 of one and the aperture 8 of the other, and receives a nut 14 at its lower end which when set up tight against the lower blade 6 will permit the upper blade 5 to move between the lower blade and the arm 2. Aside from the reversed positions of the slots 7, it will be observed from Fig. 3 that the only material difference between these two pivotal connections is that the movable handle 2 has a slot 15 through which the bolt 10 projects, and this slot permits said handle to turn pivotally on its bolt 3 and to both turn and slide on the bolt 10. By this construction when the movable handle member is actuated by the operator the fixed cutting blade remains stationary while the other blade is moved alternately in opposite directions with respect to the stationary blade.

The side edges of the teeth 11 of the lower cutting blade may be provided with notches 12, to facilitate thecutting operation.

While my improved shears are especially adapted for cutting or trimming hedges it will be understood that they may be employed in any connection where they are useful. It will also be observed that the construction of the shears is such that the several component parts may be readily disassembled, should occasion necessitate, or that either of the cutting blades may be replaced.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

As first stated, the objectof this inven! tion is to produce a very simple and yet Vhat I claim as my invention is A pair of hedge shears comprising an upper and a lower toothed blade, each blade having a slot at one end and an aperture at the other end, the blades Contacting with each other, the slot and aperture of one blade registen ing' with the aperture and slot respectively of the other blade, handles each of which is provided with an extension to Contact with` the upper blade, bolts inserted through the slots and apertures and also through the eX- tension, and an arm rigidly secured at one end to one of t-he' extensions and pivotally connected at its other end to the other eXtension whereby the blades are adapted to reciprocate when the handles are operated.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HAMILTON SMITH BALLANTINE.

Witnesses:

EDEN M. BALLANTINE, MARY S. BALLANTINE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

